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Patsy Sue (Goodman) Bradshaw

Patsy Sue (Goodman) Bradshaw

May 15, 2012

Patsy Sue (Goodman) Bradshaw, daughter of the late John Chalmer and Zelda Faye (Johnson) Goodman, was born on May 10, 1942 south of Norwood, Missouri in Douglas County, and departed this life on May 15, 2012 in the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, following complications with heart surgery. Patsy grew up on a farm in Douglas County near Norwood, and...

Anita Faye (Ballard) Taylor

Anita Faye (Ballard) Taylor

May 9, 2012

Anita Faye (Ballard) Taylor, was born on January 23, 1955 to Gerald and Cleda (McKinney) Ballard in Houston, Missouri. She went home to be with the Lord on May 9, 2012 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a fifteen month battle with breast cancer. Anita was saved and baptized at the age of fourteen at the Niangua Youth...

Lester 'Kenneth' Freeman

Lester 'Kenneth' Freeman

May 7, 2012

Lester “Kenneth” Freeman, son of the late Delbert and Beulah “Faye” (McCall) Freeman, was born on August 6, 1947 in Texas County, Missouri and departed this life on May 7, 2012 at his residence near Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 64 years and 9 months of age. Kenneth grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove....

Lenora Faye (Hodge) Merrill

Lenora Faye (Hodge) Merrill

May 4, 2012

Lenora Faye Merrill, daughter of the late Grant and Gladys (Roper) Hodge, was born on February 4, 1929 in Vera Cruz, Missouri in Douglas County and left this life and entered into the loving arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, May 4, 2012 in the St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles, Missouri, at 83 years of age. She...

Christina Lagean (Webb) Mcintyre

Christina Lagean (Webb) Mcintyre

Apr 25, 2012

Christina L. McIntyre, age 64, of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in the Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri, following a long illness. She was born on April 20, 1948 in Miami, Oklahoma, to Claud T. and Dolores E. (Lammey) Webb. Christina was united in marriage to Charles McIntyre on December 15, 1984 in...

Pat (Northcutt) Medlock

Pat (Northcutt) Medlock

Apr 22, 2012

Morion Patricia “Pat” Medlock, daughter of the late Jack and Anna (Welsher) Northcutt, was born on October 17, 1926 in Plainview, Texas, and departed this life on April 22, 2012 at her daughter’s residence in Norwood, Missouri following a long illness, at 85 years of age. Pat’s family moved from Texas to Mtn. Grove, Missouri when she was three years...

Bobby Wayne Lancaster

Bobby Wayne Lancaster

Apr 20, 2012

Bobby Wayne Lancaster, son of James Allison and Sallie Mae (Washburn) Lancaster, was born, the youngest of thirteen brothers and sisters, at home on March 22, 1930, in Collingsworth County, Texas. He passed away on Friday, April 20, 2012, in Cox Medical Center South, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of eighty-two years, and twenty-eight days. He attended elementary and...

Douglas Robert Walters

Douglas Robert Walters

Apr 14, 2012

Douglas Robert Walters, son of Lee and Ruth (Halsel) Walters, was born on March 18, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life on April 14, 2012 in West Memphis, Arkansas. He was 40 years and 27 days of age. Doug grew up in Lees Summit, Missouri and Norwood, Missouri. He attended school in Norwood, as well as being...

Myrtle Marie (Strunk) Lathrom

Myrtle Marie (Strunk) Lathrom

Apr 14, 2012

Myrtle Marie Lathrom, daughter of the late Orville and Betty (Williams) Strunk, was born on March 25, 1924 in Douglas County, Missouri, and passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at her residence near Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 88 years of age. Myrtle grew up and attended school in Douglas County, Missouri and graduated from Norwood High School in...

Larry Lee Griffin

Larry Lee Griffin

Apr 11, 2012

Larry Lee Griffin, 61, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at his home in Miramar Beach, Florida. Larry was born on November 23, 1950 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri to Arthur and Freda (Hicks) Griffin. He grew up in Mtn. Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1968. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps...

Wayne 'Dobber' Frances Amos

Wayne 'Dobber' Frances Amos

Apr 9, 2012

Wayne Frances Amos, son of the late Henry and Golda (McMurtrey) Amos, was born on May 4, 1932 in Texas County, Missouri and departed this life on April 9, 2012 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a short illness, at 79 years of age. Wayne grew up around Mtn. Grove and attended Willow Springs School...

Lonnie Dan Hicks

Lonnie Dan Hicks

Apr 8, 2012

Lonnie Dan Hicks, age 77, of Vanzant, Missouri, departed this life from the arms of his loving family into the arms of Jesus on April 8, 2012 in the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was born on December 13, 1934 in Drury, Missouri, the youngest child born to Dan and Icy (Moss) Hicks. He grew up in the Ozarks...

Laverne (Dobbs) Prock-Clark

Laverne (Dobbs) Prock-Clark

Apr 7, 2012

LaVerne M. Clark, age 79, of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, passed away on April 7, 2012 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, following a long illness. She was born on January 11, 1933 in Rayborn, Missouri to the late Albert Newton and Mary Etta (Carder) Dobbs. LaVerne grew up in the Manes, Missouri area and attended the Perkins...

Hulen Eugene Hutsell

Hulen Eugene Hutsell

Apr 7, 2012

Hulen Eugene “Gene” Hutsell, son of the late Everett and Audrey (Young) Hutsell, was born on September 3, 1929 in Rayborn, Missouri, and went home to be with the Lord on April 7, 2012 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 82 years, 7 months and 4 days of age. Hulen was raised in Wright County and grew up attending the...

Larry Wayne Stigall

Larry Wayne Stigall

Apr 4, 2012

Larry Wayne Stigall, son of the late William Elmer and Pansy Lee (Key) Stigall, was born on September 5, 1951 in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life on April 4, 2012 in the Mercy (St. John’s) Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, following a long struggle with kidney cancer. He was 60 years, 6 months and 29 days of age. Larry grew...

Lela Fay (Swope) Kirkland

Lela Fay (Swope) Kirkland

Apr 3, 2012

Lela Fay (Swope) Kirkland, daughter of the late Vernon and Lela Lucille (Tilley) Swope, was born on January 10, 1925 in Lincoln, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 2, 2012 in Prosperity, South Carolina, at 87 years of age. Lela grew up and attended school primarily in Arkansas. She was united in marriage to John Turner Kirkland on May...

Harley Lee Collins

Harley Lee Collins

Apr 1, 2012

Harley Lee Collins, son of the late Isaac and Gladys (Robinson) Collins, was born on January 9, 1926 in Huggins, Missouri and departed this life on April 1, 2012 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri following a short illness. He was 86 years, 2 months and 23 days of age. Harley grew up and attended school in the...

Rev. John 'J.D.' Daniel Williams

Rev. John 'J.D.' Daniel Williams

Apr 1, 2012

John Daniel “J.D.” Williams, son of the late Leonard “Chick” and Flora Mae (Wilson) Williams, was born on July 2, 1931 in Buckhart, Missouri, and departed this life on April 1, 2012 in the Assisted Living Country Living Facility in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, where he had resided for the past several months. He was 80 years, 8 months, and 30...

Gean Coffman

Gean Coffman

Mar 31, 2012

Gean Coffman, son of Carrie (Long) Coffman and the late Rass W. Coffman, was born on January 22, 1934 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on March 31, 2012, at 78 years of age. Gean grew up in Wright County and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1952. He then moved to Davenport, Iowa. He served in...

Alfred Lee Cruz

Alfred Lee Cruz

Mar 26, 2012

No Memorial Services Are Planned At This Time.